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5 Sep 2017

Waders and Terns – Jizan Corniche

Whilst birding the southwest of Saudi Arabia in
July I spent a few hours looking at Jizan Corniche. This is an excellent area
for birding and has a fantastic small inlet which waders and other water birds
get pushed up at high tide. Good views of the birds can also be had here and we
saw plenty of species including Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Whimbrel,
Eurasian Curlew, Terek Sandpiper, Eurasian Spoonbills some in breeding plumage
and Pink-backed Pelican. The commonest birds seen here were Crab Plover and
Bar-tailed Godwits although a few Ruddy Turnstones and Greater Sand Plovers
were also present. Indian Reef Herons were along the shore and a couple of
Striated Herons were also present. A few gulls were also seen with Baltic Gull,
Sooty Gull and White-eyed Gull being commonest. A Western Osprey was on a post
out at sea, several Saunder’s Terns and one or two Gull-billed Terns were also
out to sea.

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I hope you enjoy browsing my latest images & notes from the field, the majority are from Dhahran (eastern Saudi Arabia) as well as bird ringing in Bahrain. Most of the photographs are of birds but I will also include other interesting natural history shots when I take them.

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I am an amateur photographer who goes birdwatching and takes the occasional picture with birdwatching being my primary interest. I do birdwatch in an area that has good light for photogrpahy and manage to take quite a few photographs each day.

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